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3 Features and Functions
Front Panel Menu References
Table below summarizes the front panel keys and the menu structure.
Key Description
– Initiates/stops a scan/digitize process, or performs a single sweep in manual trigger mode.
– Press once to initiate a scan/digitize; press and hold to stop the operation.
– The key's backlight is turned on while scanning/digitizing is in progress.
– In DMM Digitize, and Digitizer data acquisition mode, the key's backlight is also turned on while auto save is in
progress
– In Scan data acquisition mode, the instrument automatically scans the configured channels in consecutive
order from slot 1 through slot 3. Channels that are not configured are skipped.
– In DMM Digitize data acquisition mode, the instrument automatically starts the DMM digitizing operation on a
single configured channel.
– In Digitizer data acquisition mode (only supported on the DAQM909A plug-in module), the instrument auto-
matically starts the digitizing operation for all the configured channels simultaneously.
– Monitors a channel's measurement data that is useful for troubleshooting the instrument and observing an
important signal.
– You can select to view the monitor measurements in number, bar meter, trend chart, and histogram format.
– The key's backlight is turned on while monitoring is enabled. The monitor annunciator will also be displayed,
and the sample annunciator will flash when monitoring is made. In the event the Digitzer data acquisition
mode is enabled, the key's backlight will be turned off but the annunciator will continue to be displayed on
screen indicating that the monitor operation is still running in the background.
– To stop the monitoring mode and return to Home menu page, press this key again on the Monitor menu page.
– Brings up the Home page that displays the instrument information and a list of help topics the in selected local
language.
– Selects the data acquisition mode to be used (Scan, DMM Digitize, or Digitizer).
– Measures the offset on strain channels.
– Configures the four alarm output hardware lines.
– Configures various user preferences.
– Views scanned memory readings.
– View digitized readings.
– Views alarm queue.
– Views error queue.
– Performs and views power analysis.
– Channel labeling.
– Closes or opens switches on switching channels.
– Selects measurement function.
– Selects measurement range or autorange.
– Selects the integration time.
– Configures advanced measurement features.
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